West Midlands Metro is down to just two trams carrying adverts after 57 returned to service in the plain blue fleet livery following the removal of its last set of vinyls.
57 – like Manchester Metrolink 3075 which as we’ve already seen has lost its vinyls – was advertising the National Trust Blossom Watch campaign (applied March 2025), but with this promotion coming to an end the vinyls were stripped. This happened towards the start of June 2025 but the tram wasn’t used for a while until it returned on Tuesday 17th June.
The two remaining trams with adverts are 36 (Aston Villa Adidas store at the Bull Ring) and 58 (Birmingham City University).
57 in fleet livery at The Crescent. (Photograph by Shiv Patel, 17th June 2025)